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How to Build an Eco-Friendly Home

The Environmental Blog

An eco-friendly house is designed with recycled materials, renewable energy sources, and sustainable landscapes. With green materials and décor, you can improve your home’s air quality, natural light, and temperature. These conditions, in turn, can boost your health and well-being. Buy Energy-Saving Appliances.

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Sustainability Guide for Greenhouses and Nurseries: Getting Started

Green Business Bureau

A variety of different materials found at a greenhouse and nursery can be composted including leaves, flower petals, dead plants, soil, grass clippings, different papers, and most other types of disease free organic waste. Putting these materials in a composting pile or bin can tremendously reduce waste produced.

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The Impact of Chemicals in Everyday Products: How to Choose Non-Toxic Alternatives

The Environmental Blog

From cleaning supplies to personal care items to household goods, many of these products contain harmful chemicals that can pose significant risks to our health and the environment. However, what lies beneath the appealing packaging is often a cocktail of chemicals that can have adverse effects on our health.

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Environmental Awareness Days in March

Green Business Bureau

Global Recycling Day aims to raise awareness about the benefits of recycling along with how to do it properly. Items like plastic bags, shredded paper, wires and broken glass can damage recycling equipment. You can find other environmental awareness days to celebrate year round on our blog!

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

GreenBiz

Microsoft’s cloud architecture eventually will house Land O’Lakes’ data tools including Truterra , which tracks impacts on soil , air and water from no-till, cover crops and fertilizer management practices, as well as WinField United r7 software that uses satellite imagery and geolocated data. Mark Mason, CFO, Citi; New York City.

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20 C-suite sustainability champions for 2021

AGreenLiving

Microsoft’s cloud architecture eventually will house Land O’Lakes’ data tools including Truterra , which tracks impacts on soil , air and water from no-till, cover crops and fertilizer management practices, as well as WinField United r7 software that uses satellite imagery and geolocated data. billion years of evolution.

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Fifty Shades of Greta

Green Market Oracle

Here is a brief introduction to 50 young activists that fighting for the health of our planet and our communities. He is also concerned about health problems in black communities due to poor air quality. The soil is drier because of the heatwaves, and the weather is changing. So here I am." Loukina Tille is from Switzerland. "We